Covered top for desks



(No Model.)

W. P. SMITH. COVERED TOP FOR DESKS, TABLES, &c.

No. 430,092. Patented June 10, 1 890.

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\VILLIAM F. SMITH, OF LEOMINSTER, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNION DESK COMPANY, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COVERED TOP FOR DESKS, TABLES, 80G.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,092, dated June 10,1890.

Application filed February 9,1888- Serial No. 263,506. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. SMITH, of Leominster, in the county ofWVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved OoveredTop for Desks, Tables, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, andeX- act description.

Tops, &c., of desks and tables, as well known, have a covering of cloth,leather, or other suitable sheet material, which is cemented thereto andits edges covered and concealed with a strip of gimp, leather, braid, orsuch like. Coverings thus secured to be removed must be torn off andthus destroyed, and to be cleaned when soiled or defaced with ink, 850.,must be cleansed on the top, obviously in many instances not possiblewithout injury to the covering or to its cementing substance, and in allinstances resulting in most imperfect results.

This invention relates to securing coverings to tops of desks andtables; and its object is to secure them in a manner enabling glue orother cement or adhesive material, as also the strip of gimp or suchlike, to be both dispensed with and the coverings to be readily removedfor being cleansed, or for other purposes, and to be replaced, and allwithout injury or d-efacement Under this invention the covered desk ortable top is made of ;a frame grooved at its inner edge and a panel tofill said frame, and which at its edge is tongued, corresponding withand to fit the groove of the frame, and on its upper side and contiguousto the inner edge of the frame is grooved, in combination with a sheetof cloth, leather, or other suitable material covering said panel andlying within its groove, and a strip or strips of wood or other suitablematerial in suitable lengths shaped to fit and to be entered into thegroove of the panel, and thereby to bind and secure the covering thereinand to the panel, all substantially as hereinafter described.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the covered desk ortable top of this invention is illustrated.

Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a verti cal section, line 2 2, Fig.1.

In the drawings, B is the panel.

D is the frame, and O is the covering, of cloth, leather, or othersuitable flexible sheet material. The panelB and frameD are made of woodor other suitable material. The panel B has a tongue G, which entirelysurrounds its edge and fits within a correspondinglyshaped groove aroundthe inner edge of the frame D. Furthermore, the panel B on its upperside has a groove E, which entirely surrounds and is contiguous tothe'inner edge of the frame.

The covering 0 covers the upper surface of the panel B, and it lies atits 'edges'within the may be at one side only or at two or more sides ofthe panel, preferably, however, at all sides.

By attaching the covering 0 as described cement, tacks, or otherfastenings, and gimp, leather, or such like finishings for the edges ofthe covering, are severally dispensed with, and obviously the coveringcan be readily removed for being cleansed, or for being replaced withanother, or for any other purpose, and without requiring skilled orexperienced labor. This invention is applicable to desk and tableslides, as well as to desk and table tops.

Having thus'described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

The combination of a frame D, at its inner edge having a groove, and apanel B, having a tongue G to fit said groove, and on its upper side agroove E contiguous to the frame In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset D, with a covering; C for and lying within my hand in the presenceof two subscribing the groove E of the panel B, and a strip F,witnesses.

entered and driven into said panel-groove E, WILLIAM F. SMITH. andthereby fastening the covering therein Witnesses: and to the panel andframe, substantially as C. W. CARTER,

described. W. B. TENNEY.

